Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Instead, he remarks, his party turned toward demagoguery. Inglis lists the examples: falsely claiming Obama's health care overhaul included "death panels," raising questions about Obama's birthplace, calling the president a socialist, and maintaining that the Community Reinvestment Act was a major factor of the financial meltdown. "CRA," Inglis says, "has been around for decades. How could it suddenly create this problem? You see how that has other things worked into it?" Racism? "Yes," Inglis says.

Huh? Did you read the story? This guy was the previous fringe, and now he's not conservative enough. The Teapublicans are racing off the cliff, and they want to take America with them. Even Inglis can see that.

Judge him by his reasoning, not by his motives. You can tease the two apart, after all. If you can't, there's no one in the world you can listen to - except you might be fooled into listening to those who falsely claim they have no point of view.